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What can GFast broadband do for my home?

GFast uses a higher frequency in the same cables as Fibre to the Cabinet to get you lightning fast speeds. It’s great for streaming and video calling but if you love to game, roam the virtual world, or don’t live near our exchange, you’ll need to go for our Full Fibre broadband instead.

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Spectacularly speedy

Download an entire 4K movie in under 24 minutes and make broken video calls a thing of the past thanks to incredible download speeds of up to 76Mbps and upload speeds of up to 15Mbps.

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Always on

Know your home is always connected thanks to weather resistant fibre optic cables joining your street to our exchange, giving you better broadband that’s more reliable than a traditional fully copper connection.

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Perfect for multitaskers

Why settle for one thing at a time when you can do it all? GFast keeps up with your busy lifestyle by effortlessly managing video calls and binge-watching marathons, making it the ultimate choice for households with a lot going on.

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With a wide range of service providers to choose from, connecting to our network has never been easier.

Choose from a variety of service providers

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Check out how you can power your home with our various broadband solutions

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Max 115Mbps upload speed

A Digital Phone Line as standard

Get the latest phone line technology that plugs straight into your broadband, or choose no phone line at all.

Our most reliable connection

Full Fibre runs a fibre optic cable straight from our exchange to your door, meaning it won't let you down - so no more buffering or drop outs.

You might also hear Full Fibre broadband called Fibre to the Premise (FTTP), or Fibre to the Home (FTTH).

More GFast broadband features

Max 15Mbps upload speed

Digital phone line or no phone line

We recommend taking a digital phone line that plugs straight into your broadband to make calls. You can also choose not to order a phone line with this service. As part of the upgrade to the UK's digital phone lines, we discontinued the ability to purchase a traditional or public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone line from September 2023.

It's Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) broadband, but turbo-charged.

It uses the same Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) technology but we turbo charge the connection between the cabinet and your property to give even higher speeds. Because of this, we can usually only offer GFast broadband to homes and businesses that are close to their exchange.

You might also hear GFast broadband called VDSL2 and sometimes Full Fibre broadband as it offer speeds over 76Mbps.

More Fibre to the Cabinet broadband features

Max 15Mbps upload speed

Digital phone line or no phone line

We recommend taking a digital phone line that plugs straight into your broadband to make calls. You can also choose not to order a phone line with this service. As part of the upgrade to the UK's digital phone lines, we discontinued the ability to purchase a traditional or public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone line from September 2023.

Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC) broadband technology

This means that we'll run a Fibre line from your exchange to your nearest cabinet. We then run broadband over the traditional copper wire from the cabinet to your home or business. This means that the further away from you are from your local cabinet, the slower your broadband speed is likely to be.

You might also hear Superfast broadband called Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), or VDSL.

More Copper broadband features

Max 1Mbps upload speed

Digital phone line or no phone line

We recommend taking a digital phone line that plugs straight into your broadband to make calls. You can also choose not to order a phone line with this service. As part of the upgrade to the UK's digital phone lines, we discontinued the ability to purchase a traditional or public switched telephone network (PSTN) phone line from September 2023.

Broadband over your phone line

We use the phone line from the exchange to your home or business to run broadband. The further you are from the exchange, the longer your phone line, which normally means a slower speed.

You might also hear Copper broadband called Asymmetric Digital Subscriber line (ADSL).

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